Sigma Statistics: NCEA Level 3

Sigma Statistics: NCEA Level 3 By David Barton and Claire Laverty. SOFTBACK, ex owners stamp inside, no other annotations, shelf/edge wear 728 pages. Published by Pearson Education New Zealand, 2013. ISBN: 1442556986. Table of Contents The NCEA Level 3 Mathematics and Statistics Achievement Standards for Year 13 -- Foreword to students, parents and teachers -- Investigations -- Puzzles -- CAS calculator applications -- Spreadsheet activities -- Data sets -- Simulations -- 3.8 Time series -- 3.9 Bivariate measurement data -- 3.10 Trigonometric relationships -- 3.11 Statistical experiments -- 3.12 Statistically based reports -- 3.13 Probability concepts -- 3.14 Probability distributions -- Appendices -- Answers -- Index. The parts of the course that have evolved from the current NCEA Level 3 Statistics and Modelling Achievement Standards have been extensively upgraded. The content has been carefully revised in line with best teaching practice, and expanded to respond to changes in the curriculum and assessment. Among the mathematical changes are: new material on probability distributions (Achievement Standard 3.14), focussing on mean and standard deviation being properties of a distribution; coverage of deterministic vs. probabilistic concepts, or true vs. experimental vs. theoretical probability (Achievement Standard 3.13); Among the mathematical changes are: new material on probability distributions (Achievement Standard 3.14), focussing on mean and standard deviation being properties of a distribution; coverage of deterministic vs. probabilistic concepts, or true vs. experimental vs. theoretical probability (Achievement Standard 3.13); new material on risk and relative risk that strengthens the probability section in Achievement Standard 3.13; new simulations. There are still plenty of investigations and puzzles to motivate students.